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Mama Didn't Raise No Fool by Primus
Mama Didn't Raise No Fool
The song is actually
on a 7-string I think, but if you don't have one, you can just down tune your 6-string.
this part is played all through the verse and chorus:
C#|--------------------------------||
G#|--------------------------------||
E |--------------------------------||
B |--------------------------------||
F#|--------------------------------||
B |-2--2-2-5-2--X-2--2-5-2---------||
After the chorus, there's a weird guitar bit in the part where Les is saying "mama
raise no fool" that I wasn't able to tab. It's probably mostly improvisation anyways.
And this is the part that comes after the aforementioned part:
C#|--------------------------------||
G#|--------------------------------||
E |--------------------------------||
B |-2--X-X-3-X-2-X-0-2-3-----------||
F#|-2--X-X-3-X-2-X-0-2-3-----------||
B |-2--X-X-3-X-2-X-0-2-3-----------||
C#|--------------------------------||
G#|--------------------------------||
E |--------------------------------||
B |-2--X-X-3-X-2-X-2-2-X-3---------||
F#|-2--X-X-3-X-2-X-2-2-X-3---------||
B |-2--X-X-3-X-2-X-2-2-X-0---------||
The best of times, the worst of times,
the times you can't ignore.
Sometimes you bite the bullet
and flip flop on the floor.
They tell you where to go,
They tell you what to do.
They set your face on fire
then stomp it out with their shoes.
I ain't no fool.
Mama didn't raise no fool.
The times I can't complain
are the times I do the most.
On a diet of black coffee
and prozac buttered toast.
These eunuchs in their Prada
and Gucci flavored clothes.
Wouldn't know a fresh perspective
if it bit 'em up on the nose.
I ain't no fool.
Mama didn't raise no fool.
Don't do as they say,
just say as they do.
No flavor's quite so bitter
as the taste of one's own shoe.
I ain't no fool.
Mama didn't raise no fool.
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version 2
Tuning - Drop B ebgdaB
Intro/Main Riff
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------x---------------------|
|--------------------x---------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-0--0-0-3b(3.5)p0---x--0-3b(3.5)p0--------|
Interlude/Solo Riff:
|-------------7---------7--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------8-----------8-------8----------------|
|-9-9-9---9-9---9-9---9---9------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------|
|-------------7---------7---10---------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-------8-----------8------------------------|
|-9-9-9---9-9---9-9---9---9------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
PM------------------------------------------|
Interlude 2:
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---x-x---------x-x-x----------------------|
|---x-x---------x-x-x----------------------|
|---x-x---------x-x-x----------------------|
|-0-x-x--0--0-0-x-x-x-3-4------------------|
The best of times, the worst of times,
the times you can't ignore.
Sometimes you bite the bullet
and flip flop on the floor.
They tell you where to go,
They tell you what to do.
They set your face on fire
then stomp it out with their shoes.
I ain't no fool.
Mama didn't raise no fool.
The times I can't complain
are the times I do the most.
On a diet of black coffee
and prozac buttered toast.
These eunuchs in their Prada
and Gucci flavored clothes.
Wouldn't know a fresh perspective
if it bit 'em up on the nose.
I ain't no fool.
Mama didn't raise no fool.
Don't do as they say,
just say as they do.
No flavor's quite so bitter
as the taste of one's own shoe.
I ain't no fool.
Mama didn't raise no fool.
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